Expert Opinions

Data growth and expected M2M traffic means that CSPs are doomed to run out of capacity eventually – unless they build more. However, there remains a lot to be achieved

Capex optimisation is a term that has featured in every major communication service provider’s (CSP) financial reports in recent years and while it may seem like a proactive buzzword to

While the industry attention to NFV has focused on virtualising machines, many of the benefits of virtualisation will be missed if CSPs don’t deploy predictive analytics to allow proactive attention

As CSPs grapple with virtualisation deployments, Amdocs’ Angela Logothetis and Justin Paul tell George Malim why next generation OSS is so critical in codifying and managing CSPs’ physical, virtual and

In the second part of a series of articles on experience-based pricing, Linda Austin and Chris Yeadon focus on making the concept of pricing for specific uses of service components

TM Forum Catalyst Projects are a useful way to evaluate how proposed base concepts can be used to solve critical CSP industry challenges. Here, Ronnie Neil explains how JDSU is

Communications service providers (CSPs) are about to enter a revolution that will transform their businesses through virtualisation. However, to realise the benefits they must master the complexities of the orchestration layer, writes Justin Paul

Virtualisation is at the top of communications service providers’ (CSPs) agendas. It doesn’t just affect network hardware, software and BSS in particular need to virtualise as well. Here, Mathias Liebe introduces Orga

However, the tools alone are not sufficient. Analytics relies on asking questions of the data to generate insight and, given that CSP data is useful to many different teams and departments within the organisation, there

Communications ser vice providers (CSPs) are under attack from new and traditional competitors and at the same time usage of services is dramatically shifting. Thomas Vasen advocates that CSPs move from managing